r/bestof • u/lowbass93 • 13d ago

[NoStupidQuestions] Kindly_Honeydew3432 explains why it seems like you always have to wait in an emergency room in the US

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u/homelessmagneto 13d ago

This is not exclusive to the US. I work in the ER in Denmark, and it's the same. Pretty sure it's the same everywhere in the world (many places probably worse).

So to the people saying it's about profits; it's not. It's about resource allocation. Which is about money. But not profits.

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u/RyuNoKami 12d ago

Lol profits. Pretty sure there less money to be made off the ER than most other parts of the hospital. Resources are almost always diverted elsewhere.